Business Coach

The Nawaya Network is an NGO based in Beirut, Lebanon that develops the income-generating opportunities of youth through entrepreneurship, employability, and economic development programs.

We are seeking a Business Coach to fulfill the below tasks and responsibilities:

• Attends graduations in designated labs (STC North & Mount Lebanon) and actively assists in the judging panel to choose teams that are to be accepted to the incubation phase based on a developed scoring sheet. 
• Attends incubation sessions with the youth at the UNRWA lab (North Lab or Sibline) 
• Guides youth through marketing and branding strategies. 
• Reviews business models and provides constructive business development feedback based on the coaching curriculum over a period of 8-10 sessions in the presence of concerned UNRWA personnel.
• Works closely with the Incubation Coordinator to streamline processes and ensure procurement takes place ethically and effectively with various concerned stakeholders. 
• Attends weekly incubation meetings with the Incubation Coordinator and Program Coordinator as deemed necessary.
• Updates Tahaki on a weekly basis with the close oversight conducted by the coordinator.
• Ensures that reliable and quality data is being collected as requested by the M&E Specialist.
• Responsible for ensuring that all data integrated on the internal databases (examples incubation seed funding sheets, etc) and/or Tahaki are 100% complete and accurate  one month before the deadline (min 1 week), in order for M&E team to have the adequate time to finalize the report and amend if need be. 
• Reports regularly to the Incubation Coordinator all issues and problems faced in order to take immediate action steps and make sure the  program objectives are being met. 
• Participates actively in all emails sent by the M&E team with the purpose of updating the existing system and guaranteeing an effective centralized data management process. 
• Reports any successful teams/interesting stories for the Marketing and Communication Department.
• Collects various supporting documents of each payment request following the selection of supplier made by the Senior Procurement Officer. 
• Gathers one quotation from a supplier per team to assist the Procurement Unit in the collection of offers with a close and continuous communication set with the senior procurement officer and incubation coordinator.
• Disburses payments to the teams (directly paid to the suppliers) on a milestone basis as per the recently established Procurement System at Nawaya.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education: Business Degree 

Experience:  

5 years working experience in the field - Coaching experience is a plus especially for vulnerable youth. 

Competencies: 

Experience in coaching/public speaking, assisting in developing training material, business ability, self-discipline, ability to deal eloquently and effectively with internal and external stakeholders, organizational behavior, process and result-oriented.  

Skills: 

• Language: English, Arabic, Communication Skills and Emotional Intelligence. 
• Critical Thinking Skills  
• System skills (software data entry)
• Creativity and Innovation Skills
• Organizational Management Skills
• Time Management Skills